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Video compilation misrepresented as scenes from Hurricane Milton. US elections 2024. Published on 11/10/2024 at 12:33.
US politics - Fact Check
Sep 10, 2024 · Biden did not say 'no more' aid for hurricane victims. US elections 2024. Published on 02/10/2024.
Conspiracy theories linking Wyoming wildfires to lithium mining …
11 hours ago · Most posts spreading the conspiracy theory refer to Chariot Corporation Ltd, a lithium extraction company based in Perth, Australia that has invested in Wyoming. Chariot and its US subsidiary have seven active projects in the western state, with the two largest at Black Mountain in Natrona County and Copper Mountain in neighboring Fremont County.
How Kamala Harris's comments on fracking have shifted
Sep 13, 2024 · Former president Donald Trump used the national debate stage to argue a Kamala Harris presidency would impose a national ban on fracking and devastate the fossil fuel industry. The 2024 Democratic nominee denied any plans for a ban, saying that despite voicing support for one in 2019, her actions as vice president show she has shifted her position.
Covid-19 | Fact Check
Aug 21, 2024 · Recent study did not prove Covid-19 vaccines caused excess deaths
Vaccine critics misrepresent US appeals court ruling over Covid-19 ...
Jun 11, 2024 · Vaccine skeptics are claiming a US federal appeals court ruled in June 2024 that Covid-19 shots are not actual vaccines, undermining years of public health guidance. This is false; the panel decided a lawsuit over a school district's immunization requirements should not have been dismissed, but legal experts say it did not endorse or even evaluate the plaintiffs' …
False claims recirculate on harmful DNA in Covid-19 vaccines
Oct 3, 2023 · However, University of Michigan virologist Michael Imperiale told AFP that Buckhaults's claims of DNA contamination are unsupported. US guidelines require testing, and Imperiale said any lots with unacceptable ingredients are withdrawn. AFP has debunked several claims that Covid-19 vaccines contain DNA, alter people's genomes and cause cancer.
Video of US duo’s 2011 performance was digitally altered with …
2 days ago · More than seven million people have died from Covid-19 yet false information about the virus continues to circulate online. An Instagram post claims to show a video of American hip-hop artists Jay-Z and Kanye West performing a song in 2011 that contains lyrics predicting the pandemic. However, this is false: AFP Fact Check determined the audio from the original …
politics | Fact Check
Sep 23, 2024 · Local, regional, national and international exercise of power, or struggle for power, and the relationships between governing bodies and states.